I have a cousin (actually, the son of a cousin) who was employed as a prison guard in rural Ohio. I’ll refrain from…
With Zoran Mamdani poised to win the New York mayor’s race, the red herring of “defunding the police” is rearing its head…
I wrote in October that Joe Biden, in his four years as president, did literally nothing to improve the situation in prisons and jails…
Like so many Americans, I was heartbroken last week to learn of the death of my friend, mentor and personal hero, Daniel…
I’ve written extensively about whistleblower and “hacktivist” Marty Gottesfeld, who was given a draconian 10-year sentence for initiating a directed denial-of-service attack…
Not Heading the CIA
The goal is to ruin you permanently, to make an example of you so that other people don’t take your cue and blow the whistle on waste, fraud, abuse, and illegality
Snowden is a whistleblower, not a leaker. Whistleblowing is the act of bringing to light evidence of waste, fraud, abuse, law-breaking, or dangers to public health or safety
Jeffrey Sterling learned the hard way that the feds will throw the book at anyone who embarrasses them
The question isn’t whether torture works. Torture is immoral
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